- SENTENCE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SENTENCE is a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress
- What is a sentence? - Grammar Monster
The shortest sentence without an implied subject or verb is "I am" or "I go " The Four Sentence Structures A sentence can consist of a single clause or several clauses When a sentence is a single clause, it is called a simple sentence (and the clause is called an independent clause) A sentence must contain at least one independent clause
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